[geeks] Cheap/reliable backup?

[microcode at zoho.com]

On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 03:33:42PM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> On 12/02/13 14:48, microcode at zoho.com wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 02:20:19PM -0500, Mouse wrote:
> >> For some purposes that doesn't matter and/or doesn't apply, and, if it
> >> doesn't for yours, there's nothing wrong with that - but I'd recommend
> >> at least giving the issue a few moments' thought.  Encryption can
> >> sometimes help, but, like everything else, it's no panacea.
> > 
> > I guess I could pipe a dd of an entire drive through gpg and ssh it to some
> > backup provider. I really didn't think of it but it may be the cheapest
> > thing until they go out of business and/or charge ransom to get your own
> > data. I'll have to think about that a little more. With my bandwidth it
> > would take a few days for one drive.
> 
> For most people, the crippling bottleneck of remote backups is the
> outgoing network connection.  Typical consumer and small-office
> connections have about a 10:1 download/upload asymmetry.  Bandwidth has
> never kept pace with data storage.  I did some calculations once on how
> long it would take me to do a full backup to S3 cloud storage; if memory
> serves, it was measured in weeks.

Absolutely. And backup media hasn't kept pace with data storage either. We
used to be able to backup a PC with floppies. Now look at us.

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